Following indications yesterday that more accounts were being granted access to the Diablo III beta test, the Diablo III Website announces the beta will indeed be opened this weekend to anyone with a Battle.net account for stress testing. The open portion of the beta will begin at 3:00 pm EDT today and will run through Monday at 1:00 pm EDT. The accompanying FAQ explains how this will operate, and notes that while Korean players cannot participate, they will be holding a separate invitation-only event in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. The invitation only closed beta will continue as planned until May 1st. To get a head start, you can download the client now from Battle.net.

Alamar wrote on Apr 20, 2012, 11:55:I got at least 2-3 hours of 'enjoyment' out of my initial play through, because I'm all about 'defeating the fog (of war)', so if you play like that, and kill every mob and (nearly every) breakable item along the way, it could take that long...

I'm glad to see someone else that's all about battling the uncovered map parts. That's my one kind-of-disappointment with D3. Since everything is served server-side, including single player, I lose connection for 30 seconds and get disconnected... BAM, all my maps are reset. Same goes if you quit and come back. Especially bothersome that overland maps do it too. How can I erase all the fog-of-war if you keep resetting it on me damn it!? *shakes fist*